Keeping the memories alive…
On Wednesday this week Patrick and I went to Lincoln to see Bob Geldof play the Theatre Royal. I have been a fan of Bob’s since the early days of the Boomtown Rats in 1977. I clearly remember as a 15 year old watching this strutting, pouting vision of sex on legs (yes, he really was) belting out Looking After Number One on Top of the Pops and falling instantly in love with him and his music. …
Read moreTo let the world know that you are still around that is. I’ve been procrastinating on this blog for weeks now, it gets kind of where you have missed so much that you don’t know how to get started again. I mean, do I attempt to back-track and tell of the events that have taken place chronologically? I think not, it would come out like a list rather than a tale. Or do I jump …
Read moreWell, I say FOs…there’s actually only one Finished Object which is the very lovely (if I do say so myself) February Lady Sweater as pictured above. Please excuse the crappy photo (the white dots are light shining through the holes in the lace pattern I think), I will post a better one after the weekend hopefully but I am just so happy to have finished this never-ending project that I just had to share it. …
Read moreA few weeks ago Patrick and I decided to go on the Real Ale Trail in West Yorkshire again, we did this last summer and enjoyed it immensely. Patrick’s two friends had expressed an interest in going with us ‘the next time’ so we tried to arrange it around them. In the event, neither of them could commit to a date so we went ahead on our own, on Good Friday. We stayed at the …
Read moreDon’t worry, not The Rapture again but instead, my February Lady cardigan. Yes, I have actually cast off the body of this long running saga and made a start on the sleeves so the end is indeed in sight for this project. I have enjoyed knitting it, once I got into the lace pattern it has gone fairly quickly. I expect to finish the sleeves over the next couple of weeks but here is a …
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